Most of the examples shown started out as still photographs, I chopped out elements from these and animated them in Flash to liven up the otherwise static web pages.

These effects could just as well have been achieved using video clips, but the benefit of producing this stuff in Flash means significantly quicker loading times (and much higher quality than would be possible using video clips of equivalent file size.)

Click thumbnails to view animations:

Goldfish Rippling water plus goldfish.

FireplaceAnimated flames.

BirdsTWEET!

PondSubtle lens glare, and more ripples.

SunlightSunlight time-lapse effect. Makes use of the handy colour blend modes introduced into recent versions of the Flash player.

Light raysStreaming in through the window, slightly different to the previous effect.